Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain: What Is It and Does It Work?
Jeffrey M. Lackner,
J. Quentin Clemens,
Christopher Radziwon
et al.
Abstract:Purpose: Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS), which encompasses interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome in women and men and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men, is a common, often disabling urological disorder that is neither well understood nor satisfactorily treated with medical treatments. The past 25 years have seen the development and validation of a number of behavioral pain treatments, of which cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is arguably the most effective. CBT comb… Show more
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